Kelowna based artist Peggie Collins is best know for her bold use of color, unique subject matter and composition. With confidence in her artistic abilities instilled early on by her mother, Peggie has always been instinctively creative in her expression of life...

Shannon Thorpe Frederick

Shannon finds inspiration for her artwork by spending time outside, appreciating nature. She uses bold colours that make her feel happy and uplifted. She is a self taught artist who has been painting and selling her art for over a decade...

Rose Beattie

Rose was born in Toronto, Ontario and grew up in rural Hamilton. Her father was an oil painter, photographer and lover of classical music in his spare time so he was her artistic Influence. In 1968 she and her husband Dave moved to Galgary and raised a family. They moved to Christina Lake when the kids left home in 2001. She has painted exclusively in watercolour for over 15 years with landscape being the main focus.

Ruth Murphy

Ruth was introduced to the arts as a young child through classical ballet, music, drawing and sketching. Her influences have been and still are the Impressionists and the Old Masters Da Vinci and Michelangelo. She also has an interest in Asian artistic expression. Ruth currently paints weekly with local artists, known as “the group of seven artists”. Her paintings can be found in private collections in Scotland, the Netherlands, Australia, U.S.A., and Canada.

Nicole Hobbs

"The contrasts of color in nature create an excitement within me, emotions which draw me to paint in attempt to share the beauty I see within the exuberant simplicity of life. I experience each connection with nature as precious and ephemeral, and so my painting style employs bold color to show how bright each moment truly is. The message within the story of each moment can be told in infinite ways, and this is my version..."

Joan Hiram

Joan has always been interested in all kinds of art. In high school she had a very good art teacher who let her help paint scenery for the school plays. This led to a life long interest. After Joan graduated she spent six months at Long Beach City College learning pottery and watercolor...

Heather Hollingsworth

Heather was born in Williams Lake, B.C. in 1962. The third of four girls, she grew up on Sumas Mountain, about ten miles outside of Abbotsford, B.C., spending countless hours hiking through the forest, most often on her own, just exploring. A budding naturalist...

Richard Reid

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1930, Richard Reid now lives in Christina Lake, British Columbia, 300 miles east of Vancouver.